Ceramic Decorative Butterfly Vase in Black from Costa Rica - Flying Beauty alltrays with petite balls of silver

with petite balls of silver completing the elegant design

covered in papier-mâché

this cushion cover is handwoven from wool on a traditional loom and decorated with hand embroidery

accompanied by aqua glass beads

Alive with electric color

Ceramic Decorative Butterfly Vase in Black from Costa Rica - Flying Beauty alltrays with petite balls of silverTo produce this marvelous ceramic decorative vase, Luis Alberto Gutirrez follows the same procedures his ancestors did, including the use of pulverized stone mixed with clay and water to produce all natural colors. Raised in a town on the Nicoya Peninsula where pottery has been made in much the same way for hundreds of years, the Costa Rican artisan says that when learning his craft he, 'had the help of many of my relatives who would give me their